Variation in a Darwin Wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Community along an Elevation Gradient in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot: Implications for Ecology and Conservation Author Flinte, Vivian Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C. P. 68020, Rio de Janeiro 21941 - 590, Brazil vflinte@gmail.com Author Pádua, Diego G. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus 69067 - 375, Brazil & Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel, Talca 3605, Chile paduadg@gmail.com Author Durand, Emily M. Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO 10 5 DD, UK emilymaevad@gmail.com Author Hodgin, Caitlin Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO 10 5 DD, UK caitlinhodgin@hotmail.co.uk Author Khattar, Gabriel Laboratory of Community and Quantitative Ecology, Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H 4 B 1 R 6, Canada gabriel.khattar@mail.concordia.ca Author da Silveira, Luiz Felipe L. Biology Department, Western Carolina University, 1 University Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA silveira.lfl@gmail.com Author Fernandes, Daniell R. R. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus 69067 - 375, Brazil daniellrrfernandes@gmail.com Author Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland ileesa@utu.fi Author Monteiro, Ricardo F. Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C. P. 68020, Rio de Janeiro 21941 - 590, Brazil ricardomonteiroufrj@gmail.com Author Macedo, Margarete V. Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C. P. 68020, Rio de Janeiro 21941 - 590, Brazil margaretevmacedo@gmail.com Author Mayhew, Peter J. Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO 10 5 DD, UK peter.mayhew@york.ac.uk text Insects 2023 2023-11-07 14 11 109461 109461 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14110861 journal article 277064 10.3390/insects14110861 29faef28-cc0b-4b80-8ef8-83e530b3995e PMC10671876 37999060 10133741

Table 5. Best models of pimpline community properties against the abiotic variable Principal Components (PC) in Table 4. Best models were selected on the basis of AICc scores. * significant predictor.

Response Variable	Intercept	Predictor Variables		Model R 2
Abundance	145.75 *	−6.80 × PC1	−5.35 × PC12 *	0.467
Log10 richness	1.444 *	+0.040 × PC1	−0.019 × PC12 *	0.745
Log10(1/ D)	0.766 *	+0.104 × PC1 *		0.719
Shannon Index	2.244 *	+0.227 × PC1 *		0.772